Mine detail: Candelario-Los Azules

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Location

Lat / long: -27.40164, -69.85508

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Tourmaline, Uraninite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Propylitic, Argillic

References

MRDSTC03865
DEP10058094
Reference{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. Y PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.).}{Deposit:: RUIZ FULLER, CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE, ED. INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGICAS DE CHILE, EDITORIAL UNIVERSITARIA S.A.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterWilliams, William C., Theune, C.T.